Note: Before completing this form, please carefully read the accompanying instructions.

Submission guidelines are posted to the UCC Web site: www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/fsonline/cu/curriculum.cfm

JUST 3012

1.  Course Prefix and Number:

February 4, 2014

2.  Date:

3.  Requested Action (Check only one type):

New Course
Revision of Active Course
Unbanking and Revision of a Banked Course
X / Renumbering of Existing Course from / # 3012 / to / # 2012

4.  Method(s) of Delivery (Check all boxes that apply for both current/proposed and expected future delivery methods within the next three years.):

Current or Expected

Proposed Delivery Future Delivery

Method(s): Method(s):

X / On-campus (face-to-face) / X
X / Distance Course (face-to-face off campus) / X
X / Online (delivery of 50% or more of the instruction is offered online) / X

5.  Justification for new course, revision, unbanking, or renumbering (Explain why your unit wishes to offer the course, identify the gap, describe how the course responds to the assessment of student learning, and identify who was involved in the assessment of the program. Indicate that faculty voted on and approved the curricular changes.):

Renumbering is to 1) provide better course sequencing across all levels (i.e., 1000-4000); and 2) facilitate transfer of lower division courses. The unit Curriculum Committee approved the curriculum change on October 10, 2013.

6.  Course description exactly as it should appear in the next catalog:

JUST 2012- Police and Society
3 S Formerly JUST 3012
P: JUST major or minor. Role and operation of law enforcement organizations in US. Accountability, legal issues, and community relationships.

7.  If this is a course revision, briefly describe the requested change:

Course renumbering of existing course and title change.

8.  Identify if the new/revised course will be a required and/or elective course in one of the degrees/minors/certificates offered by your unit.

YES


Is this course required (yes/no)?

Is this course an elective (yes/no)?

9.  If writing intensive (WI) credit is requested, the Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Committee must approve WI credit prior to consideration by the UCC.

NA


Has this course been approved for WI credit (yes/no/NA)?

If Yes, will all sections be WI (yes/no/NA)?

10.  If service-learning (SL) credit is requested, the Service Learning Committee (SLC) must approve SL credit prior to consideration by the UCC.

NA

Has this course been approved for SL credit (yes/no/NA)?

If Yes, will all sections be SL (yes/no/NA)?

11.  If foundations curriculum (FC) credit is requested, the Foundations Curriculum and Instructional Effectiveness (FCIE) Committee must approve FC credit prior to consideration by the UCC.

If FC credit has been approved by the FCIE committee, then check the appropriate box (check at most one):

English (EN) / Science (SC)
Humanities (HU) / Social Science (SO)
Fine Arts (FA) / Mathematics (MA)
Health (HL) / Exercise (EX)

12.  If global diversity (GD) credit is requested, the Foundations Curriculum and Instructional Effectiveness (FCIE) committee must approve GD credit prior to consideration by the UCC.

NA

Has this course been approved for GD credit (yes/no/NA)?

13.  If domestic diversity (DD) credit is requested, the Foundations Curriculum and Instructional Effectiveness (FCIE) committee must approve DD credit prior to consideration by the UCC.

NA

Has this course been approved for DD credit (yes/no/NA)?

14.  Approval by the Council for Teacher Education (required for courses affecting teacher education programs):

X / Not Applicable
Applicable (CTE has given their approval)

15.  Course Credit:

Lecture Hours / 3 / Per Week / or / Per Term / = / Credit Hours / 3 / s.h.
Lab / Per Week / or / Per Term / = / Credit Hours / s.h.
Studio / Per Week / or / Per Term / = / Credit Hours / s.h.
Practicum / Per Week / or / Per Term / = / Credit Hours / s.h.
Internship / Per Week / or / Per Term / = / Credit Hours / s.h.
Other (e.g., independent study): / s.h.
Total Credit Hours / 3 / s.h.

16.  Anticipated yearly student enrollment:

17.  Affected Degrees or Academic Programs:

Degree(s)/Course(s) / Change in Degree Hours
BSCJ; Minor in Criminal Justice (elective) / NA

18.  Overlapping or Duplication with Affected Units or Programs:

X / Not Applicable
Applicable (Notification and/or Response from Units Attached)

19.  Instructional Format(s):

X / Lecture / Technology-mediated
Lab / Seminar
Studio / Clinical
Practicum / Colloquium
Internship / Other (describe below):
Student Teaching

20.  Statements of Support:

Please attach a memorandum, signed by the unit administrator, which addresses the budgetary and personnel impact of this proposal.

X / Current personnel is adequate
Additional personnel are needed (describe needs below):
X / Current facilities are adequate
Additional facilities are needed (describe needs below):
X / Initial library resources are adequate
Initial resources are needed (give a brief explanation and estimate for cost of acquisition of required resources below):
X / Unit computer resources are adequate
Additional unit computer resources are needed (give a brief explanation and an estimate for the cost of acquisition below):
X / ITCS Resources are not needed
The following ITCS resources are needed (put a check beside each need):
Mainframe computer system
Statistical services
Network connections
Computer lab for students
Describe any computer or networking requirements of this program that are not currently fully supported for existing programs (Includes use of classroom, laboratory, or other facilities that are not currently used in the capacity being requested).
NA
Approval from the Director of ITCS attached

21.  Course Syllabus Information:

a. Textbook(s) and/or readings: author(s), name, publication date, publisher, and city/state/country. Indicate whether text is required or optional. Include ISBN.

Required:
Roberg, R. Novak, K., Cordner, G., and B. Smith (2012) Police & Society, Fifth Edition. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978-0199772568

b. Course objectives for the course (student – centered, behavioral focus)

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
·  List the principles of organization that underlie the contemporary law enforcement organization
·  Discuss the major problems of the quasi-military style of police organization
·  Describe how management style effects the operation of a law enforcement agency
·  Discuss the impact of civil service systems upon contemporary law enforcement organizations
·  Tell about cliques and how they effect day-to-day operations of a police department
·  Discuss the major positive and negative features of the organizational style of American law enforcement agencies
·  Tell the potential advantage of using task forces in law enforcement policy making

c. Course topic outline

Police Operations in Context
Communication: Foundation of Police Operations
Operational Skills in the Law
Patrol Operations
Traffic Enforcement
Crime, Disorder, and Communities
Community Violence
Critical Incidents and Emergency Response
Terrorism and Homeland Security
Criminal Investigation
Law Enforcement and Juveniles
Gangs, Organized Crime, and Drug Abuse Enforcement
Officer Fitness and Preparedness
Legal Liability and Ethics
The Police Culture

d. List of course assignments, weighting of each assignment, and the grading/evaluation system for determining the course grade.

Assignment
Exam 1 11%
Exam 2 11%
Exam 3 12%
Exam 4 12%
MyLab Assignments 13%
Group project 10%
Reflective Journal 13%
Out-of-class assignment 12%
Class participation 06%
100%
A 94.0-100
A- 90.0-93.9
B+ 87.0-89.9
B 83.0-83.86.9
B- 80.0-82.9
C+ 77.0-79.9
C 73.0-76.9
C- 70.0-72.9
D+ 67.0-69.9
D 63.0-66.9
D- 60.0-62.9
F below 60

NOTE: Beginning in fall of 2012, grading scales should reflect the implementation of the “+/-” grading system adopted by the faculty.

Faculty Senate Resolution #09-44, November 2009; revised April 2012